Exam question 4 · Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bri…

Describe the purpose of the fox's feigned death in relation to Count Piro's conduct toward him.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, feigned death, fox, Piro · What happens: describe, feign, count, purpose, die, conduct · To what, where: purpose, relation, conduct

This is exam question 4 of lesson 702 «Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bride and tests his master's gratitude» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 purpose	det
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 death	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fox	det
6	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 death	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 fox	case
8	feigned	feign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 death	amod
9	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purpose	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 relation	case
11	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 Count	mark
13	Count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Describe	advcl
14	Piro	Piro	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 conduct	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Piro	case
16	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Count	obj
17	toward	toward	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 Count	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the purpose of the fox's feigned death	relation		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	feign	participle					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	count	to-infinitive	you not said here	Piro's conduct		toward Piro	vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme
4	purpose		the fox's feigned death				nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
5	die		the fox				nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent
6	conduct		Piro				nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

To test whether Count Piro is truly grateful for all the fox has done for him, and to find out whether he will bury him properly

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 test	mark
2	test	test	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	8 grateful	mark
4	Count	Count	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Piro	compound
5	Piro	Piro	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 grateful	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 grateful	cop
7	truly	truly	ADV	_	8 grateful	advmod
8	grateful	grateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 test	advcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 fox	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 fox	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fox	det
12	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 done	obl
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 done	aux
14	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 grateful	conj
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 done	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 find	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 find	cc
19	to	to	PART	_	20 find	mark
20	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 test	conj
21	out	out	ADP	_	20 find	compound:prt
22	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	25 bury	mark
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 bury	nsubj
24	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 bury	aux
25	bury	bury	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 find	advcl
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 bury	obj
27	properly	properly	ADV	_	25 bury	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	test	to-infinitive				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Count Piro		grateful, truly property	tree rules
3	do	present · perfect	Count Piro not said here		for all fox; for Piro	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	find out	to-infinitive				vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
5	bury	future	Piro	fox	properly property	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

To test whether the Count is truly grateful for all the fox has done, and to see how he behaves when the fox seems dead

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 test	mark
2	test	test	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	8 grateful	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Count	det
5	Count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grateful	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 grateful	cop
7	truly	truly	ADV	_	8 grateful	advmod
8	grateful	grateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 test	advcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	14 done	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 fox	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fox	det
12	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 done	nsubj
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 done	aux
14	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 grateful	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 see	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 see	cc
17	to	to	PART	_	18 see	mark
18	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 test	conj
19	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	21 behaves	advmod
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 behaves	nsubj
21	behaves	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 see	ccomp
22	when	when	SCONJ	_	25 seems	mark
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 fox	det
24	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 seems	nsubj
25	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 behaves	advcl
26	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 seems	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	test	to-infinitive			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the Count	grateful, truly property	tree rules
3	do	present · perfect	all fox		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	see	to-infinitive			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	behave	present	fox		vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
6	seem	present	the fox	dead property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

To see if the Count will keep his promises and reward the fox

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 see	mark
2	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 keep	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Count	det
5	Count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 keep	aux
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 see	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 promises	nmod:poss
9	promises	promise	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 keep	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 reward	cc
11	reward	reward	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 keep	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fox	det
13	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reward	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	see	to-infinitive				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	keep a condition, not said to happen	future	the Count	Count's promises		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme
3	reward	infinitive	the Count not said here		the fox	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fox=Recipient
4	promise		Count			nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To test whether the Count is truly grateful for all the fox has done

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 test	mark
2	test	test	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	8 grateful	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Count	det
5	Count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grateful	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 grateful	cop
7	truly	truly	ADV	_	8 grateful	advmod
8	grateful	grateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 test	advcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 fox	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 fox	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fox	det
12	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grateful	obl
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 done	aux
14	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 grateful	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	test	to-infinitive			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the Count	for all fox; grateful, truly property	tree rules
3	do	present · perfect	the Count not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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